Purchased this car a few weeks ago, have not had too much time behind the wheel due my travel schedule. A few first impressions:
The Bad: - still cannot compete (neither can any of my other cars) with my Leaf in terms of instant acceleration massive torque in normal driving conditions. This car still has mild turbo lag (of which is annoying coming from an electric car). Steering is better than the current status quo, but definitely nothing compared to old school manual steering.
The good: - Love the styling and quite frankly like to support the underdog. We definitely need more diversity and competition in the U.S. market. I had the new Audi S5 sportback ordered for European delivery. Cancelled when I pulled into a gas station and noticed either a Ford or Kia that had the same look of the Audi. Then considered a new M3. Somehow came across the Quadrifoglio and visited the local dealer. No Quadrifoglio's to be found, just took delivery of a Giulia Q4 in stock. This will be my daily driver. For me has a good combination of decent mileage when needed and adequate performance for a daily driver. Love the paddles, this how paddles should be placed- in a fixed position. When they move with the steering wheel its hard to keep tract of which paddle to shift. Unlike manual tranmissions in which you don't have to look or think about shifting. If I have to go from 5th to 3rd I can do it instinctively without thinking. With paddles I have to thing about which gear I'm in and figure out how many clicks to go and which paddle to use. Hopefully with fixed paddles this will make it easier to use.
As you can see I like to tinker with cars. Waiting for springs and spacers to complete the look.
The Bad: - still cannot compete (neither can any of my other cars) with my Leaf in terms of instant acceleration massive torque in normal driving conditions. This car still has mild turbo lag (of which is annoying coming from an electric car). Steering is better than the current status quo, but definitely nothing compared to old school manual steering.
The good: - Love the styling and quite frankly like to support the underdog. We definitely need more diversity and competition in the U.S. market. I had the new Audi S5 sportback ordered for European delivery. Cancelled when I pulled into a gas station and noticed either a Ford or Kia that had the same look of the Audi. Then considered a new M3. Somehow came across the Quadrifoglio and visited the local dealer. No Quadrifoglio's to be found, just took delivery of a Giulia Q4 in stock. This will be my daily driver. For me has a good combination of decent mileage when needed and adequate performance for a daily driver. Love the paddles, this how paddles should be placed- in a fixed position. When they move with the steering wheel its hard to keep tract of which paddle to shift. Unlike manual tranmissions in which you don't have to look or think about shifting. If I have to go from 5th to 3rd I can do it instinctively without thinking. With paddles I have to thing about which gear I'm in and figure out how many clicks to go and which paddle to use. Hopefully with fixed paddles this will make it easier to use.
As you can see I like to tinker with cars. Waiting for springs and spacers to complete the look.
